The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-29
Fulton, Fla. Jan. "a, 1887.


DEAR RECORD,
After keeping silent
for sometime | thought l would rake
~ something for your columns to let
your readers know how the Jersey fish
m are making out in Florida. |
might add without exaggeration that it
is pretty much all out. Thus far |
have not received a cent for what work
[ have done here this winter. l sup
pose | have made my board. Pretty
tough board it has been though, com
posed of Chicago male cows, at least
that part which connects with the
horns and shoulders and a small bit
real the switch about. This with
some of the other appurtenances
thrown in compose at least a part of
the board. Our stomachs are daily
supplied with this kind of indigestable
witleather. BY swallowing a few gray
ell stones daily and taking plenty of ex-
ercise the machinery of our anatomy is
kept in working order.
Should any of us be so unfortunate
as to meet an untimely death away
from home and shonld there be a post
mortem made on our bodies, no boubt
the physician making the same, wonld
say it was a strange anomaly, some
thing between the animal and the fu-
man. the connecting link in the OAR
winian theory which links man and the
| animal creation together. Perhaps
some of your readers are familiar with
DIR. Livingsson's history of his travels
in Africa. In it he gives a full des-
cription of the gorilla monkey. think
| without any ~exaggeration there are res
idents at Camp Fulton who resemble
the above named animal. AT least
! their looks answers the description that
Livingston gives the gorilla. Hair
seems to be growing out all over their
bodies and claws growing to an enor-
nous length. Everything to resemble
his monkeyship with the exception of
the tail, and 10 doubt that will grow
in due season. 1t seems strange that
a few months away from civilization
would transform human beings into
such hideous looking creatures as
these, But l am afraid the transfer
nation is gradually going on.
II those two young men who came
with us left amy sweet hearts at home
l pity them. l would also advise them
to no longer look with loving eyes over
the wide waste of waters for the return
Of these what shall | call them? |
assure YOU, that when these curiosities
return to Pennsgroye, it will evidently
appear, that all | have written is true.
In my last letter | intimated that
some of our boys had been having a
little sport with some of the colored
beauties of the sunny South and in do
ing this | incurred the displeasurt as
well as the anger OF one, who seems to
think it was her husband to whom !
had reference. Let the devoted wife
give herself no trouble in that direction
as the men in Camp Fulton are yirtn
Gus, sober and upright. In view of my
being too personal in my last letter
Thought it best to he careful ia this
| know there is nothing Objectionable
that is here written as this portion o
r my letter is more of tine nature of
, ~caricature than anything else. There
fore your readers can form their OwI
conclusion. | will now give sou som
facts Just as they exist without an
! stretch of the imagination whatever.
0 Tie weather here the past few weeks
2 AT times, has been pretty cold, especial
| when the northers come down on u
AT present II is very warm and Ia
& been for a few days past. The old re-
I idents here say that the cold weatht
+ is over and next week is planting weel
Today being still and warm and 4
e fish abnut | took a prowl out IN Il
e county. While vending my way alor
e an old road in the woods | came SUI
+ denly upon a group of darky luts.
halted and held a short conversatie
n with some of the ''bucks" and WI
T. greatly amused at the numerous lit
/ ''tow heads" streaming out OF eve